Mutzel gets new deal
Karlsruhe midfielder Michael Mutzel has become the latest player to sign a contract extension at the Wildpark Stadion.
The 28-year-old former VfB Stuttgart man has played a pivotal role in Karlsruhe's surprising success this season and has now been rewarded with a two-year extension through to 2011.
"I can play in an intact team here and the whole environment is prefect," Mutzel told the German press.
Mutzel is the fourth player in recent weeks to sign a new deal with KSC as the club attempts to keep its squad together after a hugely successful return to the top-flight this year.

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| Time | Result |
|---|---|
| Saturday 21st November | |
| German Bundesliga | |
| Wolfsburg 2 - 3 Nurnberg | |
| VfB Stuttgart 1 - 1 Hertha Berlin | |
| Cologne 0 - 4 TSG Hoffenheim | |
| Schalke 04 2 - 0 Hannover 96 | |
| SC Freiburg 0 - 6 Werder Bremen | |
| Borussia Dortmund 0 - 0 Mainz | |
| Eintracht Frankfurt 1 - 2 Borussia M'gladbach | |
| Sunday 8th November | |
| German Bundesliga | |
| Hannover 96 2 - 2 Hamburg | |
| Hertha Berlin 0 - 1 Cologne | |
| Werder Bremen 1 - 1 Borussia Dortmund | |
| Saturday 7th November | |
| German Bundesliga | |
| Bayern Munich 1 - 1 Schalke 04 | |
| TSG Hoffenheim 1 - 2 Wolfsburg | |
| Borussia M'gladbach 0 - 0 VfB Stuttgart | |
| VfL Bochum 1 - 2 SC Freiburg | |
| Mainz 1 - 0 Nurnberg | |
| Friday 6th November | |
| German Bundesliga | |
| Bayer Leverkusen 4 - 0 Eintracht Frankfurt | |
| Sunday 1st November | |
| German Bundesliga | |
| SC Freiburg 0 - 1 TSG Hoffenheim | |
| Eintracht Frankfurt 2 - 1 VfL Bochum | |
| Saturday 31st October | |
| German Bundesliga | |
| Wolfsburg 3 - 3 Mainz | |
| VfB Stuttgart 0 - 0 Bayern Munich | |
| Pos | Team | P | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Werder Bremen | 13 | 26 |
| 2 | Bayer Leverkusen | 12 | 26 |
| 3 | Schalke | 13 | 25 |
| 4 | Hoffenheim | 13 | 23 |
| 5 | Hamburg | 12 | 23 |
| 6 | 1.FSV Mainz 05 (A) | 13 | 22 |
| 7 | Wolfsburg | 13 | 21 |
| 8 | Bayern Munich | 12 | 20 |
| 9 | Borussia Dortmund | 13 | 18 |
| 10 | Hannover 96 | 13 | 16 |
| 11 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 13 | 16 |
| 12 | Borussia Monchengladbach | 13 | 15 |
| 13 | SC Freiburg | 13 | 13 |
| 14 | FC Nurnberg | 13 | 12 |
| 15 | Cologne | 13 | 12 |
| 16 | Stuttgart | 13 | 11 |
| 17 | Bochum | 12 | 8 |
| 18 | Hertha Berlin | 13 | 5 |
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